Name: Sultana cupcakes with lemon glace icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, at room temperature, chopped; 2/3 cup caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup self-raising flour, sifted; 2/3 cup milk; 3/4 cup sultanas or mixed fruit sugar flowers, to decorate; Lemon glace icing; 2 cup icing sugar; 15 gram softened butter; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Sultana cupcakes with lemon glace icing

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Makes 12 Item

Prep

15M

Cook

25M

Total

40M

Ingredients

125 gram butter, at room temperature, chopped

2/3 cup caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

3/4 cup self-raising flour, sifted

2/3 cup milk

3/4 cup sultanas or mixed fruit sugar flowers, to decorate

Lemon glace icing

2 cup icing sugar

15 gram softened butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper patty cases.

2.In a bowl, using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract.

3.Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in flour alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in sultanas. Spoon mixture into paper cases until two-thirds full.

4.Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean and dry. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

5.Meanwhile, to make lemon glace icing; sift icing sugar into a bowl. Beat in butter and enough lemon juice to make icing a smooth, spreadable consistency. Spread evenly over cakes. Top with sugar flowers to serve.

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